Verse 1 You smell like something growing Left too close to the window Light leaning in your direction Like it knows where you’ll bend Your hands are careful with me Like I’m fragile by design You touch the edges first Asking nothing, taking time I learned where to soften So you’d stay I learned which colours Make you look away You like things open and quiet You like them warm and still You don’t notice what settles When nothing moves at all [Instrumental – low pulse, silence between hits] Pre-Chorus 1 Say it slow So it sounds kind Let it rest Where I don’t fight Chorus (Primary) I keep my voice low So you don’t ask why I smile through the words I don’t mean this time I say “it’s fine” — it’s fine Like I always do I let it stay quiet So it stays with you [Instrumental – drop to near silence] Verse 2 You praise how still I am How easy I make the room How I fold myself smaller So you can bloom You say I’m good at listening You say I don’t demand You don’t ask what I bury Just to keep my hands calm You like me best in daylight When everything behaves You don’t stay long enough To watch what grows in shade I learned how to open Without making a sound How to let things settle Without letting them out Pre-Chorus 2 Hold your smile Like it’s safe Let me finish What you named Chorus (Variation) I keep it light I keep it kind I laugh at the right parts Every time I say “don’t worry” — don’t worry Like it’s true I leave things unsaid So you don’t have to [Instrumental – heavy silence, half-time hits like djent chugs] Verse 3 (Lower, slower) You never asked permission You never needed to You just kept leaning closer And I kept making room You said I felt familiar Like somewhere you’d been before You didn’t ask why I stopped locking the door I don’t raise my voice I don’t resist I let things sit I call it this I let it take its time I let it learn my shape You only love the quiet Not what it takes Pre-Chorus 3 (Near-whisper) If it tightens Don’t react It’s just staying Where you left it Chorus (Primary – stripped) I keep my voice low So you don’t ask why I smile through the words I don’t mean this time I say “it’s fine” — it’s fine I let it pass You hear the answer Not what I ask [Instrumental – long break, minimal texture, decay] Bridge (Confessional, calm) I didn’t grow loud I didn’t explain I learned how to stay The same You wanted something gentle Something that wouldn’t move I became good at holding What you never knew [Break – silence → single pulse → silence] Final Chorus (Half-time, heaviest weight) I don’t push back I don’t explain I make it easy I stay the same I say “it’s fine” — it’s fine I let it pass You hear the answer Not what I ask Outro Still fine Still quiet
